Jose Fernandez, the longtime women’s basketball coach at the University of South Florida, is set to take over as coach of the WNBA’s Dallas Wings, a person familiar with the hire told The Associated Press on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement had been made. Fernandez and the team still need to finalize his contract.<\/p>\n
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